Rigoletto
September 14. 2024 - October 06. 2024
Upcoming Dates
September 14. 2024 - October 06. 2024
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi
Join Lyric Opera of Chicago for Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto, a powerfully dramatic work based on a play by Victor Hugo. The composer brings astounding intensity to the court jester Rigoletto, tragically obsessed with avenging his daughter Gilda’s dishonor. The score’s highlights are unforgettable, from Rigoletto’s hair-raising denunciation of the Duke of Mantua’s courtiers, “Cortigiani,” to the immoral, philandering Duke’s “La donna è mobile,” to Gilda’s ecstatic “Caro nome.” Conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola, a much-acclaimed Verdian, Lyric’s visually sumptuous production stars the sensational baritone Igor Golovatenko. He's joined by two other international luminaries making eagerly awaited company debuts: Mané Galoyan, the exquisite Armenian soprano, and Javier Camarena, the spectacular Mexican tenor.
- Language: Sung in Italian with projected English titles
- Running Time: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including 1 intermission
- Location: Lyric Opera House
Lyric's presentation of Verdi's Rigoletto is generously made possible by an Anonymous Donor, Marlys Beider, and Randy L. & Melvin R.* Berlin.
*deceased
Maestro Enrique Mazzola is generously sponsored by Alice & John Butler, H. Gael Neeson, Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel, and the Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation as members of the Enrique Circle.
Artists
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Igor Golovatenko
Rigoletto
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Mané Galoyan *
Gilda
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Javier Camarena *
Duke of Mantua
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Soloman Howard
Sparafucile
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Zoie Reams
Maddalena
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Enrique Mazzola
Conductor
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Mary Birnbaum *
Director
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Robert Innes Hopkins
Set Designer
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Jane Greenwood
Costume Designer
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Duane Schuler
Lighting Designer
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Michael Black
Chorus Director
* Lyric debut
Header images: Scott Suchman/Wolf Trap Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu/Antoni Bofill, Dan Rest/Lyric Opera of Chicago